Two things that are always plentiful at thrift shoppes… Partial tidbit trays or plate holders / servers… And unwanted vinyl records. (And by “unwanted” I mean they are either badly scratched or recordings so common, they are only destined for recycling or worse.) So why not put them together and make a retro-styled display piece? [...]

While interviewing the charming and delightful artisan behind I Sew Cute and As Luck Would Have It, I naturally had to ask her if she was a collector too… Someone told me that if you have three of anything, then you have a collection. If that’s true, then I have dozens of collections! I guess [...]

First, there’s that curious name: Fiesta “go alongs.” (Or is it “go with”? I’ve seen that tag used in eBay item descriptions.) What, exactly, does either phrase mean? The long-acknowledged Fiesta experts, Bob & Sharon Huxford, describe go alongs in their book,  Collector’s Encyclopedia of Fiesta (10th ed. 2005). Simply, these collectibles were “…made by [...]

I like to use my vintage things, where appropriate (and sometimes I make up uses for things). I feel it really continues the life of old things. I also don’t like to let anything go to waste, even if it’s broken or damaged; but I’m especially reluctant if it was a part of my collection. [...]

Discover how dishes from the 1930s became a totally hot collection….

When I was a kid, our big family gatherings had the traditional kids’ table. At first it was fun to hang out with your cousins, having those chocolate-milk-bubble-blowing-contests without garnering parental stink-eye; but eventually you wanted to age-out of that table and join the grown-ups because you weren’t a kid anymore. And then one day [...]